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Cyclists or avatars: is virtual cycling filling a short-term void during COVID-19 lockdown?
Managing Sport and Leisure Pub Date : 2021-01-29 , DOI: 10.1080/23750472.2021.1879665
Daniel Rojas-Valverde 1, 2 , Juan M. Córdoba-Blanco 1 , Luis González-Salazar 1
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ABSTRACT

Indoor cycling has been a trend during the COVID-19 pandemic due to the lockdowns and social distancing measures imposed by most countries. Virtual cycling (eCycling) has grown exponentially, and its popularity among amateur and professional cyclists is shown by the fact that they regularly participate in virtual competitions in which people from all over the world interact via streaming. Although eCycling is derived from a traditional sport and adapted to a virtual platform, its future success once real competitions are reinstated has been seriously questioned. This virtual cycling modality has been openly criticized for the potential differences when competing and that it does not represent the true essence of cycling. These questions and the lack of clear guidelines for its competition suggest that eCycling has to go a long way before being considered a sport. This manuscript aims to present some challenges and opportunities regarding how virtual racing could be sustainable over time once the COVID-19 lockdown is over and demonstrate that eCycling was not just filling a short-term void left by real cycling during this pandemic.



中文翻译:

骑自行车的人或化身:虚拟自行车是否填补了 COVID-19 锁定期间的短期空白?

摘要

由于大多数国家实施的封锁和社会疏离措施,在 COVID-19 大流行期间,室内骑行已成为一种趋势。虚拟自行车 (eCycling) 呈指数级增长,其在业余和专业自行车手中的受欢迎程度体现在他们定期参加虚拟比赛,来自世界各地的人们通过流媒体进行互动。尽管 eCycling 源于一项传统运动并适应了虚拟平台,但一旦恢复真正的比赛,其未来的成功受到了严重质疑。这种虚拟骑行模式因竞争时的潜在差异而受到公开批评,并且它并不代表骑行的真正本质。这些问题以及缺乏明确的比赛指导方针表明,电动自行车在被视为一项运动之前必须走很长一段路。这份手稿旨在提出一些挑战和机遇,说明一旦 COVID-19 封锁结束,虚拟赛车如何随着时间的推移可持续发展,并证明 eCycling 不仅仅是填补这场大流行期间真实骑行留下的短期空白。

更新日期:2021-01-29
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